Insufficient funds : the culture of money in low-wage transnational families / Hung Cam Thai.

By: Thai, Hung Cam, 1976- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (304 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804790567Subject(s): Vietnamese -- United States -- Economic conditions | Vietnamese -- United States -- Social conditions | Immigrants -- Family relationships -- United States | Immigrants -- Family relationships -- Vietnam | Money -- Social aspects -- United States | Money -- Social aspects -- Vietnam | Families -- Economic aspects -- United States | Families -- Economic aspects -- Vietnam | Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- United States | Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- VietnamGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Insufficient funds : the culture of money in low-wage transnational families.DDC classification: 305.8959/22073 LOC classification: E184.V53 | T45 2014Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Six tales of migrant money -- The making of a transnational expenditure cascade -- Money as a currency of care -- The migrant provider role -- The American dream in Vietnam -- Compensatory consumption -- Emulative consumption -- The cyclical entrenchment of monetary habits -- The high price of esteem consumption -- Tall promises -- Conclusion : special money in low-wage transnational families.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Six tales of migrant money -- The making of a transnational expenditure cascade -- Money as a currency of care -- The migrant provider role -- The American dream in Vietnam -- Compensatory consumption -- Emulative consumption -- The cyclical entrenchment of monetary habits -- The high price of esteem consumption -- Tall promises -- Conclusion : special money in low-wage transnational families.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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